10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERISIMILITY»
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verisimility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Letters On The Character And Poetical Genius Of Lord Byron
We may disapprove the subjects, the incidents, the moral of Lord Byron's tales :
still they are poetical, -- at least so 'far as they do not offend verisimility ; and they
are so far original as to add to the stores of our intellectual wealth: they form part
...
Samuel-Egerton baronet Brydges,
1824
2
Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of ...
Issues of "truth," or at least verisimility," may be reserved; only this much need be
said here. Engagement on the basis of encoded conventions (the only possible
way) is fundamentally inseparable from the matter being encoded. Sometimes ...
3
Prose, 1668-1691: An Essay of Dramatick Poesie and Shorter Works
The Plot, the Characters, the Wit, the Passions, the Descriptions, are all exalted
above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the Poet can
carry them, with proportion to verisimility. The essential unity of Dryden's Essay ...
John Dryden, Samuel Holt Monk, A. E. Wallace Maurer,
1971
4
The arts of logick and rhetorick [adapted by J. Oldmixon ...
In . a Word, his Reflections are too fine, and not enough within Verisimility. An
ingenious Writer is now upon a Version of Tacitus ; it is to be hoped he is as' well
ac- 3uainted with him as Father' Souhours ; that he has ifcovered, and will direct
us ...
John Oldmixon, Dominique Bouhours,
1728
5
Art and Artifice in Shakespeare
“The spirit of man cannot be satisfied but with truth, or at least verisimility ”, says
Dryden, echoing Aristotle; but only verisimility is what art, drama, and more
especially, among great drama, that of Shakespeare, bestow. It is not reality, or
even ...
6
The Continental Model: Selected French Critical Essays of ...
It is only by these rules that the verisimility in fictions is maintained which is the
soul of poesy. For unless there be the unity of place, of time, and of the action in
the great poems, there can be no verisimility. In fine, it is by these rules that all ...
Scott Elledge, Donald Schier,
1960
7
Recollections of Foreign Travel: On Life, Literature, and ...
Observation may be necessary for the preservation of verisimility. LETTER LIX. p.
285. The world does not pay respect according to merit. Artifice prevails over
simplicity. The constituents • of the world of fashion cannot be analysed ; not
made ...
Sir Egerton Brydges,
1825
8
Literary Knowing in Neoclassical France: From Poetics to ...
(R26) ['Tis only by these Rules that the verisimility in Fictions is maintained, which
is the Soul of Poesie. For unless there be the unity of Place, of Time, and of the
Action in the great Poems, there can be no verisimility. In fine, 'tis by these Rules
...
9
Castelvetro's Theory of Poetry
Still in his defence of them he stands above his contemporaries. With him they
are part of a theory, namely, that of verisimilitude. And moreover, as we have tried
to show, there is a verisimility which is a necessary constituent of aesthetic theory
.
Henry Buckley Charlton,
1913
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The Arts of Logick and Rhetorick... Interpreted and ...
In a Word, his Reflections are too fine, and not enough within Verisimility. An
ingenious Writer is now upon a Version of Tacitus ; it is to be hoped he is as well
acquainted with him as Father Souhours j that he has discovered, and will direct
us ...
John Oldmixon, Mr. Oldmixon (John)
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